Device for drafting skirt-patterns.



No. 718,320. PAT-BNTBD'JAN. 13,\190'3.'` GURMN.y f *DEVICE 'FOR DRAWINGSKIRT .PATTERN APPLIoATIoN r'rnnn ooT'fs, 1901.

No MODEL.

UNITEDA STATES y nrnNr Fries.

EDWARD CURRAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,320, dated January13, 1903.

VApplication filed October 8,1901. Serial No. 78,014. (No model-l t T0@ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD CURRAN, a citi- .zen of the United States,residing at Chicago,

those necessary to determine the lengths at" the front, sides, and backof the skirt.

My object is to provide a set of companion implements Which-arepreferably in the form of skeleton frames, of improved construction, andwhich may be readily adjusted to conform relatively to measurementstaken as described and which when adjustedwil'l present guide edges,along which the patterns may be accurately traced upon the cloth fromwhich the skirt is to be madel or along which the cloth may be cut inthe first instance to present sections or gores, which when sewed itogether Will form a Well-fitting skirt.

sent skeleton frames, which may be formed' of strips of thin metal,though I formvthem preferably of strong and fexible cardboard. Each ofthe gore patterns or sections has a front strip a, made up of relativelyadjustable upper and lower members or o?, respectively, a rear strip b,formed of relatively adjustable upper and lower members b' b2,respectively, anda bottom strip c. At the tops of the members a of eachof the patterns is a backward-extending oifset d. The osets d of thefront and side gore patterns are pro- -ea'ch of the lower members of theforward and rear strips are fasteners g, which extend through the slotsf to hold the members together in sliding contact. The fasteners g maybe of any desired form, those I prefer to'employ being of the type ofthe ordinary pronged paper-fastener. .In the case of the back-gorepattern D thetop offset d is pivotally fastened to the top of the memberb'. The member b of. the gore-sections A,

kB, and C have link extensions b3, pivotally fastened at their lowerends to the upperends of the members b. Pivotaliy connected at one endwith the upper end of each of the sections b3 ofthe patterns A, B, and Care 'links h," provided at their free ends with fasteners g,extendingthrough the slots d' of the offsets CZ, and on the samemeinbers at the hip-line are pivotal links i, provided at their freeends with fasteners g, engaging the slots e of the offsets-e. 4Thebottom strips c are curvilinear in form and pivotally connected at oneend with the lower ends of the members a2,`and along their opposite endportions are provided with longitudinally-extending slots c', markedwith scales c2. At the lower ends of the members b2 are fasteners g, en-

gaging the slots c' of the strips c.

The skirt-pattern is intended for use in Yshaping gores for a skirt of aparticular style,

and different patterns would have to be provided for different styles.The front strips a of the front-gore pattern and rear strip b of theback-gore pattern are straight, while the other strips ct and b in allthepat-terns are shown to be curvilinear to give'proper shape to thegores for the `present style of skirt.

Each of the scales d2 may be marked with figures indicating inches,say,from 20 to 36. Each of the scales e2 may be marked with figuresindicating inches, say, from 35 to 56, each of the scalesf' with IOOgures indicating inches, say, from 36 to 46, and the scales c2 withgures indicating from, say, 3 to 51j yards. Presuming the measurementsof the person for whom the skirt is intended to be waist twentytwoinches, around the hips forty-two inches, length of front forty-twoinches, length of side forty-four inches, length of back fortyiveinches, and that the skirt is to be four and one-fourth yards around thebottom, each of the links h would be moved to register at its end withthe line 22 on the scale d2, each of the links 'i would be moved toregister at its end with the line 42 on the scale e2, the members of thefront-gore pattern and CL2 of the next pattern would be shifted toregister at their upper ends with the lines 42 on the respective scalesf', the member b2 of the first side-gore patterns and a2 of the adjacentpattern would be shifted to register at their upper ends with lines 44on the respective members b' cr, and the member b2 of the secondside-gore pattern and members a2 b2 of the back-gore pattern would loeshifted or adjusted to register at their upper ends with the lines 45 onthe respective members d' Z9. The sections shown together form patternsfor the gores of half the skirt, the other half being the same. Thepattern-sections when adjusted are laid upon two layers of the clothfrom which the skirt is to be made, and the outer edges of the sectionsform guides for cutting or tracing the gores.

The present patterns are for a seven-gered skirt.

To produce a live-gered skirt from the same scribed to accuratelypresent patterns from measurements taken. The sections may obviously bechanged to suit different radical changes in styles of skirts, and themembers may further be changed in the matter oi details of constructionwithout departing from the spirit of my invention as defined by theclaim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A In asectional device for drafting skirt-patterns, a gore-patternsectionframe having a side member formed of two sections one of which isslotted for slidable engagement with headed pins on the other sectionfor lengthwise adjustment, a curvilinear side member formed of twoadjustably-connected sections, a section flexibly joinedat the hip-lineto one of the side members, a slotted extension on the other member atthe hip-line, links adjustably connecting the sections at the waist andhip lines, and a curved bottom section pivoted to the lower end of onemember and slotted for adjustable connection with the lower end of theupper member.

EDWARD CURRAN. In presence of- ALBERT D. BACCI, L. HEISLAR.

